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BlackMagister
Profile Joined October 2008
United States5834 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-09 07:30:19
August 09 2012 07:29 GMT
#2021
@CrsStvicious
what in gods name is this

http://www.inven.co.kr/board/powerbbs.php?come_idx=2653&l=854135

Looks like we got another "TSM Epic Teamwork" quality fan fic for CLG, less humor more drama?
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
August 09 2012 07:36 GMT
#2022
On August 09 2012 16:29 BlackMagister wrote:
@CrsStvicious
Show nested quote +
what in gods name is this

http://www.inven.co.kr/board/powerbbs.php?come_idx=2653&l=854135

Looks like we got another "TSM Epic Teamwork" quality fan fic for CLG, less humor more drama?

little late to the party. that's been posted at least twice already x]
BlackMagister
Profile Joined October 2008
United States5834 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-09 07:46:33
August 09 2012 07:46 GMT
#2023
Zzz wasn't posted in the last 5+ pages and at least we know Saint has seen it. I personally was expecting it to devolve into sex especially after HSGG hit Saint. Not that I wanted it to >_>
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
August 09 2012 07:56 GMT
#2024
haha wings's college story... too good.

"I don't know if any of you have had the privilege of living with a public masturbator."
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
August 09 2012 08:13 GMT
#2025
On August 09 2012 16:56 UniversalSnip wrote:
haha wings's college story... too good.

"I don't know if any of you have had the privilege of living with a public masturbator."


I unfortunately do in fact. >_>
Freshman year of college was really rough....
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
Decelea
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia92 Posts
August 09 2012 08:17 GMT
#2026
On August 09 2012 15:08 bmn wrote:
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On August 09 2012 14:11 Sickshakes wrote:
On August 09 2012 11:51 bmn wrote:
On August 09 2012 11:27 Cloud9157 wrote:
What do people think about Volibear?

Been really looking for a new top, and thinking about getting him. He seems pretty strong, and his passive can easily swing a fight in his favor, or at least until they ignite you.


I thought the same thing, but I was really disappointed after trying him top. I might just be particularly bad at laning him, but even after just three or so games top it seemed like his bad matchups are really bad, and he has a fair number of them.

Anything with a ranged poke and mobility (to avoid your Q) will make you suffer. Volibear vs Teemo was painful enough to make me stick to jungle.


On the contrary I find Volibear top to be very strong. He crushes almost any bruiser pretty hard, and does well against most other top lane champions as well. I don't think he has many bad match-ups in top lane at all honestly (not including AD carries or some mid lane champs that do well against him but you're not likely to find top lane). Off the top of my head Teemo, Kayle and Rumble can be difficult. Even still, they have to play very cautiously because one mistake from them, or a gank by your jungler and they will be dead or on 40% health at best. Nonetheless if it's those match-ups that you find too troubling, then just use Volibear as a counterpick to an enemy bruiser where his strengths are more obvious.


He crushes almost any bruiser? How so?

His skills all look pretty weak to me compared to most steroids other common top bruisers have (Jax, Fiora, Xin, etc.). And how does a purely melee character without any instant gap closer do well against most other top champions? I'm happy to lane against your volibear to see how you do it, I'm genuinely curious.

I don't see how a mistake from Teemo could possibly give you a kill that easily, blind really hurts Volibear. If he's at 40% health, he can still kill you without letting you get in range, at least that's what it felt like to me. And people like Jayce will just zone you all day, as far as I can tell...

I'd really like to make Voli work, but I just don't see what he brings to the table that others don't that would allow him to compete. I realize that E has great creep control, but I haven't been able to exploit that enough. What am I doing wrong?

I also tried a few games in Dominion just to get an idea what his 1v1 strength feels like against similarly rich champs, and I was really not particularly impressed.

His ganks are pretty cool, and I've had fun in the jungle with him, though even there he seems to fall off really hard. Late-game team fights I almost never seem to survive if I don't run away immediately after landing one Q (which isn't exactly bringing much to a fight).


Obligatory i'm playing in about 1400 elo so i'm not particularly good disclaimer. My Volibear may not work at higher levels (though Volibear is awesome so i hope he does). Now with that out of the way:

I made a post in the Volibear thread about a month or so ago explaining my playstyle and the rest of that thread is also very useful. I'll repeat some of that here though. Basically his early game trading is really really strong. When the enemy goes to last hit, Voli can flip them into the middle of his minions. Either they have to fight him there in which case they will likely lose the trade due to taking more minion damage than Voli or they run back taking free autos. Obnoxious champions such as Riven or Renekton also can't do their usual 'combo you then troll out before you can retaliate' because if they try Voli flips them, slows them with E and get his W off.

Now turning more directly to what your concerns were. It's true his skills don't really scale well, his best spell W scales not with AD but health. This is why Voli is an early game hero. However he remains useful into mid-late game because of his high base damages you can build full tank and still output respectable damage. His ult is easy to underrate but it's really really strong, allowing you to output really strong AOE damage in teamfights (hence why Wit's End is core, so you can abuse his ult even more).

As for laning against Teemo, i have played it a couple of times and well it's Teemo and he's annoying. But until he gets phage he has no real way from stopping you from flipping him, your Q speed exceeds his move quick. Sure his blind stops your auto's from damaging you but i am pretty sure (i could be wrong) it doesn't stop you stacking your W and so you will still get your damage off. In short ideally you can abuse him levels 3-6 and after that it will be really hard to push you out of lane once you start building defensive items. I've never played against Jayce so i can't really comment on that. As for jungling him i used to play him that way but i ran into the same problems you did, and eventually got him working top lane.
Kouda
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States2205 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-09 08:41:20
August 09 2012 08:33 GMT
#2027
Jesus christ. Wings is so fucking funny. LOL. Life lessons right now.

Edit:

Discussing ethics of statutory rape right now.

In regards to acting in a porno

"It seems a little hard, but fun"

'My dick is so stiff now, it sleeps like a rock'
TwoToneTerran
Profile Joined March 2009
United States8841 Posts
August 09 2012 08:50 GMT
#2028
Wingsofdeath would be my favorite streamer if his name wasn't so stupid.
Remember Violet.
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
August 09 2012 08:58 GMT
#2029
On August 09 2012 11:20 zulu_nation8 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 09 2012 11:15 101toss wrote:
On August 09 2012 11:10 zulu_nation8 wrote:
zionspartan says irelia is really strong and only loses to jax, kinda confirmed what i thought

Irelia dies to nunu


you can never die but you cant kill him either after certain levels, they have different roles but i think irelia is generally more useful. I don't think you can really run nunu top in a tourney game unless it's a specific strat since he doesnt scale and doesnt do damage which is bad if you're a solo taking farm.

This is how i've always seen it since people started playing him. You could theoretically imo atleast sit back and salvage what farm you get, cause you're gonna outscale him no matter what
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Ota Solgryn
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Denmark2011 Posts
August 09 2012 09:45 GMT
#2030
On August 09 2012 12:26 IntoTheWow wrote:
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On August 09 2012 12:06 zulu_nation8 wrote:
that totally answers my question, plz teach me moar of ur high level thinking


Stop that, we don't want people posting like idiots here.


Thank you ITW. I wish more admins would use the hammer more in this thread, specifically on one-liners like this. So many times when a persons comes up with theory crafting/new ideas, with alot of reasons etc. someone, even high count posters, makes these 1-liners just bashing the person or his idea with terrible 4chan/lol forum wording and no reasoning argumentation.

I remember one guy that came up with alot of new thinking eventually left because he was often confronted with 1-liners like:
"This is a terrible idea, go away."
ihasaKAROT: "Wish people would stop wasting their lives on finding flaws in others"
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23460 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-09 09:55:16
August 09 2012 09:48 GMT
#2031
On August 09 2012 09:01 barbsq wrote:
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On August 09 2012 08:19 Slayer91 wrote:
I think maxing W isn't all that bad as long as you aren't putting any points into E.

just to clarify, I assume you mean more than 1 point in e, since a point in e early on is absolutely critical on sona.

edit: also, maxing w on sona is fine imo. Comparing it to soraka isn't reasonable because soraka is a burst healer, while sona is a sustained healer.

edit2: if you give up the first 1-2 cs in top lane to let it push to your tower, you have to be really careful not to let the wave build up too big, since if it hits the tower, the counterpush is at an almost perfect timing for a lvl 4 jungle gank, which leaves you extremely exposed. I do this sometimes in favorable matchups, but you have to make sure that after those first creeps you are pushing about as hard as your opponent, so that you only have 2-3ish creeps when they hit your tower. It also means they hit lvl's faster than you do, so you have to be aware of the level advantage as well.


I never get E on sona until I feel like I need it to slow someone in a teamfight, but usually if you need to slow someone you're already winning so it's no big deal. In laning phase E is almost useless (it's useful for power chords but that's it), and by having level 1 E and level 1 W your mana efficiency is pretty awful if you ever use E to power chord and W to heal meaning you need tons of mana regen and you can't afford to get philo stone on sona (even if that was enough) as first item. Sona needs really fast ruby crystal and then boots because sonas weakness is getting jumped/bursted/ganked when you're trying to harass and generally once you get some HP that's when you really start to win against kill lanes if they aren't already ahead.

From what I read here everyone loves their 1 point in e on sona but I haven't been convinced at all and in solo queue I never notice sona E's been using in laning phase pretty much ever. I guess they help support ganks but hell you mightn't need ganks on sona lanes if you increase your mana efficiency she is one of the strongest supports in lane and if you can't engage the sona/carry combo you basically are going to be behind in some fashion.

When I play sona in solo queue I might get raged at for a lot of things whether it's actually my fault or not (ad carries tend to BITCH at supports because if they don't they get blamed for losing their lane and often the support isn't playing great as well) but I've never once got "wtf sona why didn't you have E?"

If I get level 5 sona with 3 W and 2 Q, and you have 3 Q 1 W 1 E I have almost double the mana efficency of my heal as well as 12 more mr/armour when my W's up. (heal used recently which it should be when you're taking damage)/

I also rarely use sonas W power chord. How many times does the target do 5x the damage that your power chord would do in that time? Only things like irelia jumping someone, nunu ulting etc justify it and most of the time you use your power chord for poking and bursting as opposed to peeling.
aka Teutonica
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
August 09 2012 09:52 GMT
#2032
On August 09 2012 18:45 Ota Solgryn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 09 2012 12:26 IntoTheWow wrote:
On August 09 2012 12:06 zulu_nation8 wrote:
that totally answers my question, plz teach me moar of ur high level thinking


Stop that, we don't want people posting like idiots here.


Thank you ITW. I wish more admins would use the hammer more in this thread, specifically on one-liners like this. So many times when a persons comes up with theory crafting/new ideas, with alot of reasons etc. someone, even high count posters, makes these 1-liners just bashing the person or his idea with terrible 4chan/lol forum wording and no reasoning argumentation.

I remember one guy that came up with alot of new thinking eventually left because he was often confronted with 1-liners like:
"This is a terrible idea, go away."

I dunno i usually report people who just 1liner/bash like that, admins never seem to warn or ban or do anything though.

quite depressing
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
ThE)ShoWTimE
Profile Joined August 2011
Italy213 Posts
August 09 2012 09:52 GMT
#2033
On August 09 2012 11:15 ticklishmusic wrote:
Taric ulti is a little OP in my opinion. It gives him 70ad/70ap, which turns him into a decent bruiser/burst. It also gives his team a free BF sword/blasting wand. 60 second CD, 36 if max CDR, 10 second duration. That's a huge advantage during a fight.

Broke my 9loss streak. Awwwww yeaaaah. I'm not complaining.


Sorry man I would never call an ulti like this broken while there are much worse ultis in the game, like Karthus ulti can easely rack you 3 or more kills just by pressing a single button on your keyboard, which in my really honest opinion requires zero skill.. and i'm quite a Karthus player myself so...
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23460 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-09 09:56:12
August 09 2012 09:55 GMT
#2034
I'm not sure if you guys have ever played solo lane or jungle taric but taric with 70 ad and ap is still pretty terrible at doing damage. Give me leona ult ANY DAY.
aka Teutonica
NeedsmoreCELLTECH
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Netherlands1242 Posts
August 09 2012 09:57 GMT
#2035
Thanks a lot for the feedback on potential mid laners. A final question; wouldn't Orianna make an excellent pick? She's really damn strong atm afaik, and with her range and auto attacks I don't see how she wouldn't be a very very safe pick. Thoughts?
Get huge or die mirin | Diamond on LoL
Schwopzi
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands954 Posts
August 09 2012 10:14 GMT
#2036
On August 09 2012 18:55 Slayer91 wrote:
I'm not sure if you guys have ever played solo lane or jungle taric but taric with 70 ad and ap is still pretty terrible at doing damage. Give me leona ult ANY DAY.


Tons and tons of karthus players fuck up their ulties; trying to take last hits in fights in other lanes and either missing the kill or doing damage after their teammates die. A karthus that uses his ult properly is pretty rare.
Only the dead have seen the end of war
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
August 09 2012 10:22 GMT
#2037
On August 09 2012 17:58 arb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 09 2012 11:20 zulu_nation8 wrote:
On August 09 2012 11:15 101toss wrote:
On August 09 2012 11:10 zulu_nation8 wrote:
zionspartan says irelia is really strong and only loses to jax, kinda confirmed what i thought

Irelia dies to nunu


you can never die but you cant kill him either after certain levels, they have different roles but i think irelia is generally more useful. I don't think you can really run nunu top in a tourney game unless it's a specific strat since he doesnt scale and doesnt do damage which is bad if you're a solo taking farm.

This is how i've always seen it since people started playing him. You could theoretically imo atleast sit back and salvage what farm you get, cause you're gonna outscale him no matter what

irelia can potentially outscale nunu, but the thing is a nunu with 40% cdr with frozen heart can and will cut into Irelia's dps output significantly with perma-snowballs and let your AD carry 1v1 them with ease.

A farmed nunu isn't going to carry by diving into the enemy team and killing everybody. He's simply going to make his AD carry monstrous with BB while severely hindering the enemy bruisers/AD carry from doing damage. Not only that, but with minimal AP, Nunu can still easily threaten to do 2k+ damage to the entire enemy team unless they blow ccs on him.
I_Love_Bacon
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5765 Posts
August 09 2012 10:34 GMT
#2038
On August 09 2012 18:57 NeedsmoreCELLTECH wrote:
Thanks a lot for the feedback on potential mid laners. A final question; wouldn't Orianna make an excellent pick? She's really damn strong atm afaik, and with her range and auto attacks I don't see how she wouldn't be a very very safe pick. Thoughts?


She does well but w/ no real escape she suffers from ganks if you get over aggressive while harassing with the ball. She's relatively safe as long as you don't get antsy in the lane.
" i havent been playin sc2 but i woke up w/ a boner and i really had to pee... and my crisis management and micro was really something to behold. it inspired me to play some games today" -Liquid'Tyler
kongoline
Profile Joined February 2012
6318 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-09 10:34:43
August 09 2012 10:34 GMT
#2039
orianna or zyra? i know zyra just got nerfed and i wonder who to buy next, which champion is better as ap mid at current state?
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany12060 Posts
August 09 2012 10:37 GMT
#2040
On August 09 2012 18:57 NeedsmoreCELLTECH wrote:
Thanks a lot for the feedback on potential mid laners. A final question; wouldn't Orianna make an excellent pick? She's really damn strong atm afaik, and with her range and auto attacks I don't see how she wouldn't be a very very safe pick. Thoughts?


I am not really a mid player, or a good player at all, but i find orianna to be really fun. She is safe-ish, but comparatively easy to gank because she has no escape, and not a lot of CC, either. I don't think she has any horribly bad lanes, though. She scales ok into midgame, but tends to slowly fall off towards lategame. Her combo is always dangerous to squishies, and her CC/shielding always stays useful. She can roam, but the lack of a gapcloser limits the effectiveless of that, too. I think where she most shines are midgame teamfights at objectives.
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